According to my mom, it felt like she was sitting on my brother's head.Â

For me, I feel like the baby is suddenly putting a ton of pressure on my bladder/nether regions, and it HURTS. I basically walk around wanting to physically hold up my belly. My OB says that's probably the baby dropping, and I'm feeling it more because my pelvic floor muscles are weaker now with #2. I never felt anything different with #1.

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Apr 30, 2010 at 02:00 AM_Melissa_

For me its kinda hard to explain lol...but i'll try my best, I kinda felt it with this one n this is my second, i just felt like something landed hard on top of my pelvic n it wasnt painful it just made me jump, n this happend when i was at the dentist n that was crazy cuz he thought i had pain when he was drilling n i told him what i had felt We had a laugh...but anyways if u cant tell...or u didnt feel it, the baby is lower more, u can breath better, or less acid reflux, ummm the head may push more down there so u might have to pee more then u did in middle of pregnancy.... thats all i know lol

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Apr 30, 2010 at 06:11 AMwilepi

I don't think my first two officially "dropped" like my third one did. When she did, it literally felt like I was trying to walk around with a bowling ball in my pants. It was real hard to walk normal, and the pressure was unbelievable. I remember with the first 2, people would ask me "has the baby dropped yet?" And I wouldn't know what to say as a response because I wasn't sure they had or not! The last time, it was obvious to me from the inside feeling, and everyone around me could tell from the outside too.

I think perhaps that those first two may have dropped a tiny bit, but given that I went over 10 days and was still not dilated with my 2nd... she obviously hadn't been putting much pressure on my cervix!

Of course, now it's a little late to go back and say to them... uh, btw, no, remember 16 years ago? I don't think the baby had dropped yet. hahaha

--lisa :)Â

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Apr 30, 2010 at 11:11 AMMomma2CandQ

For me, with my first, I remember feeling like I had to pee constantly, because he put so much pressure on my bladder and it became much harder to walk normal, that's when you will really start waddling. I think this one has just recently started to head down that way, I can feel flutters/movement right above my va-jay-jay and there has been some increased pressure on my bladder.

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Apr 30, 2010 at 07:08 PMranu2010

I did not know that he flipped till the doc told at my 30th week appt :P but couple of days before that I did feel lot of pain and discomfort around my rib cage..may be he kicked hard when he went down..it might just be a co-incidence :)

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Apr 30, 2010 at 10:49 PMKelly_Ruiz

I have been wondering the same thing myself. I could have swore she dropped already because i have been feeling a ton of pressure, peeing every 5 minutes (no exaggeration!), and it hurts to walk, & sit correctly. But when i went in for that labor check, and she had to see if i was dialated, she said baby was pretty high up there still. I don't get it. She feels soooo low i cannot stand the discomfort!

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May 01, 2010 at 04:03 AMCanadianGrl

Believe me you'll know. It feels like you have a bowling ball or watermelon between your legs 100% of the time. As the baby gets lower you will feel more pressure and your bladder will feel like its full most of the time but once the baby truly drops there's no question about it. :)

-Erin

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May 01, 2010 at 09:44 PMebowling

This is my first, but I have experienced at least a little bit dropping. One day my LO was kicking in my ribs and in my lungs. And that night I felt him almost slide down my belly. After a few minutes of sliding he kicked and I could feel his feet a little bit above my belly button. And when I got up I started to feel cramping down there that I had not felt before. So for me being able to breath was a good sign. And the next morning DH mentioned he noticed how our LO was sitting lower than the night before.I still am having some trouble breathing, but I am assuming that this is normal for me because I have a short torso.

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